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1 Gros - Catherine Cornaro and James II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Cyprus |
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| Year | 1473 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Catherine Cornaro was a Venetian noblewoman who became Queen of Cyprus through her marriage to James II in 1472 — a union engineered by the Republic of Venice to extend its commercial and strategic grip over the island. James died within a year of the marriage, leaving Catherine pregnant; their infant son James III survived only months, making Catherine sole ruler. This joint issue, struck during the brief overlap of their nominal co-reign, represents one of the few physical artifacts of that arrangement before Venice effectively absorbed Cyprus outright in 1489, when it pressured Catherine to abdicate and cede the kingdom.